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   XPost: rec.arts.tv, rec.arts.sf.tv, uk.media.tv.misc   
   From: starfist@gmail.dot.com   
      
   On Sun, 1 Nov 2009 14:26:21 -0800 (PST), Alls Quiet wrote:   
      
   > On Nov 1, 2:16 pm, Lance Corporal Hammer Schultz   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >> Again, I liked the episode for other reasons, but the idea that a   
   >> culture would *only* speak this way -- and to outsiders -- and be   
   >> utterly unable to even talk about building a fire or killing a beast   
   >> to someone who didn't already have their stories memorized is absurd.   
   >   
   > NOOO~!~~! You miss the point entirely--the episode *itself* is   
   > allegory.   
      
   Well DUH.  But that doesn't get it off the hook for really implausible   
   plot devices -- at least not for me.   
      
   As I already said, I actually like the episode, but I still say the   
   whole language barrier thing is a stupid and unbelievable plot device.   
      
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